Photocatalytic activity of octahedral single-crystalline mesoparticles of anatase titanium(iv) oxide

• DOI: 10.1039/b822634b
• Publication Date: 2009-03-23T12:30:11Z
• Authors: Fumiaki Amano; Taikei Yasumoto; Orlando-Omar Prie...; Satoshi Uchida; Tamaki Shibayama; Bunsho Ohtani
• Keywords: 460; 01 natural sciences; 7. Clean energy; 0104 chemical sciences

Octahedral titanium(IV) oxide (TiO(2)) crystallites with exposed anatase [101] facets exhibited relatively high photocatalytic activity for oxidative decomposition of organic compounds and low activity for hydrogen evolution in the absence of molecular oxygen, probably due to the characteristics of the anatase [101] surface.